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Day Fifteen – 21 Day Fix (The mind game edition)

Week 2 of the 21 Day Fix was a bit of a PMS, sugar-withdrawal, brain game roller coaster.

I had a lot of mental battles this week, including standing in a Tim Horton’s line up arguing (inside my head – hopefully) about why or why not I should buy a single “birthday cake” Timbit, just to TRY it. Why? Why not? I must’ve been there for a good seven minutes before I simply bought a green tea and left.

It was rough.

Later that week, I was MAD about something silly, and instead of talking it out, I ate an entire bucket of Liberté coconut Greek yogurt. That stuff’s like silk. It is SO GOOD. Has sugar! Did I need the whole bucket? Not at all. Did I feel better afterwards? Mildly. But then horrified when I read the calorie count, sugar, etc.

The third incident (because it comes in threes) was the tea party. I had booked a tea party prior to starting the Fix. I’d already cancelled out making sweets and the little white-bread sandwiches, and was just going to have fruit salad. Something summery with lots of berries and mint. But I felt that a tea party without scones, jam and cream would be wrong. So, I made them anyway, and told myself I wouldn’t eat any.

Well, I did eat them. And I also ate some of the green onion, bacon and goat cheese tarts. You know, those tarts with the butter and cream cheese crusts? And the homemade dill bread and spinach dip. And two cups of fruit salad. And then 3 random potato chips I found in the kitchen leftover from my husband’s snack fest.

That day (yesterday) was a refined flour and sugar, full-fat cream, nutrient-lacking shit show.

Yes, it tasted good. But I was so acutely aware that besides the fruit, I wasn’t giving my body anything to work with. Up to yesterday, I’d lost 5 lbs total since starting the 21 Day Fix. After the tea party from h-e-double-hockey-sticks, I’ve now only lost 3.5 lbs. And I woke up feeling kind of crappy. I need whole grains. I need some greens. I need more water.

The good news is that I hit all my workouts this week. Getting up at 04:55 hrs is really my best guarantee that the workouts get in and done. The third week, however, is the option to do what Autumn Calabrese calls “DOUBLES!”

Instead of one workout per day, there will be two; and they’re split between morning and evening, and are again in a specific order. I believe the reasoning of the two workout timings is to keep your metabolism constantly firing. It’ll take some scheduling and determination, but I’m going to hit that goal and do the split shift workouts over the next week. I can’t believe there is only 1 week left!

I think, however, it’s a total given that I’m not stopping after 21 days. I’ve got a few rounds of this in my future. The workouts and the meal plan are a lifestyle. And I love that I recognized my tea party was not a good choice. And also that today is a new day, and I can forgive the silly mistake and move on, learning from it. (I need to re-vamp and create a healthier, guilt-free tea party.)

I love that I’m seeing what healthy portion sizes look like on a plate. I love that I can so see my shoulders emerging and that I’ve lost that little Grizzly bear hump of fat on the back of my neck. (Right? That was weird…) I love that I feel really good.

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2 thoughts on “Day Fifteen – 21 Day Fix (The mind game edition)”

I am so glad to have found your blog about this. I am on day 11 and really struggling. It’s just been one of those weeks, and then I feel this immense pressure to stick to the plan and guilt if I eat an extra carb (cookie). Finding it very stressful and it is such a relief to find someone talked about feeling this way, most other sites just tell you how amazing it is and how amazing they’re doing. And it is amazing. I love the workouts, and I don’t actually feel hungry, first week I felt fantastic, but now I could stick my tongue in a bag of sugar. It’s like my brain is constantly arguing with itself and it’s exhausting!!!!
Many, many thanks 🙂